Sightly Odd ?

[BertiWooster]

So Sarah Ferguson has not been invited to the wedding , due to some negative publicity .

But look - The Crown Prince of Bahrain is one of the wedding guests .

Well that's allright then .

[rov1100]

Maybe Peter Tachell can make a citizens arrest like he tried to do with Mugabe? Or will our country protect him and apply the double standards rule we are so getting used to.

[tigerlily11]

A year or a day it makes no difference they are still not worth it and it is probably a bit more than 60p a day. If you believe that then thats your problem.
This shindig on it own is cost enough enough in times when we are told we cannot afford vital services.
So when an ambulance is late or if,heaven forbid u should end up in hospital waiting to be seen, or waitng for the fire service to turn up or the police you can keep yourself occupied thinking about the royal wedding and how you might have been served quicker if that money had been spent on what we need instead of keeping the royalists happy.

[jackthehat]

^Arrant nonsense.
But, please, don't let that stop you...........

[ummmm]

Hasn't it been said loads of times that Charles is paying for the wedding?

[DTCwordfan]

maybe we should get rid of you tigerlily by expulsion, bet you cost more than 60p a day to the taxpayer and you certainly dont bring in the tourist dollars etc that the royal family do. They more than return to this country what it costs to support them.

[chrissa1]

We have been a monarchy for hundreds of years. The one and only time "the people" tried to get rid of it, it didn't work. Oliver Cromwell ring any bells tigerlily11

[boxtops]

I don't know how many times we have to say that money spent in one quarter (police, as here) would not be refound in the nurses' pockets if we didn't spent it. Different budgets, completely different issues.

[boxtops]

The Crown Prince of Bahrain has just announced he's not coming - doesn't feel it's appropriate in times of unrest. Do you think he's been reading this?

[BertiWooster]

Yes , he has obviously taken note of my posting - i'm hunbled

[BertiWooster]

or even ' humbled'

[andy-hughes]

So if Sarah Ferguson is not invited -

constantly shooting off mouth to inappropriate media types
constantly moving from one inappropriate liason to another with dodgy individuals
has absolutely no concept of endlessly spending other people's money
fails to provide any worthwile activity, useful or ornamental
utterly fails to present any aspect of royaal conection as anything but a tawdry excuse to behave badly and then bleat about being mistreated ...

Oh, sorry - did I mention i was talking about Prince Andrew??

And he's got a fluffin' invite!!!!!

[MarkRae]

I just can't understand how any of you can be bothered to be bothered by any of this...

[Lore]

Totally agree with you, Mark.

[tigerlily11]

Well the royalists out in force and no I don't cost u lot a thuing .
Nuice to see the answerbank hasn't changed at all . Dare to disagree with the royalists hard liners and they turn nasty. The Truth hurts doesn't it people.
You like them then you pay but those who don't should be given the option. There was a time when the church was tradional but many commentators on here r happy for that to go. Tradition only matters when it comes to the royal question.

[boxtops]

Church and state are intertwined, TL - the reigning monarch is head of the CofE. Different people follow different religions (or none) - the Queen is the monarch of this country - two different matters.

[jackthehat]

What truth ?!?
You were talking nonsense and pulled up for it.
By all means hold hard to your Republicanism, but when justifying it on a public forum, it is better to use 'facts' which have a basis in reality...

[BertiWooster]

// I just can't understand how any of you can be bothered to be bothered by any of this..

Personnaly, I dont give a fig about about this wedding - I certainly wont be watching - i've got better things to occupy myself .

The point I was raising was the whole hypocrisy of denying an invite to this particular person for a minor misdemeanour - yet inviting this other person who represents a state that brutally suppress it's citizens ( allegedly ) - all in the name of protocol

[jno]

Berti, it seems his royal oiliness has cried off because of public protest, so I think you can justly claim to have done your bit in this. Well done you.